ah, but try accessing an app that just doesn't cut it with a windows screen reader. In linnux, you can actually fix much more of this than you can in windows. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <romualt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 10:22 PM Subject: Re: NICHOLAS PETRELEY: "The Open Source" from InfoWorld.com, Wednesday, June 27, 2001 I'm a big fan of Linux. However, I consider using shortcut keys and keyboard clicking mouse buttons far easier then typing commands--even with the tab and arrow keys. Greg On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 02:19:31PM -0400, David Poehlman wrote: > I agree, it was a poor choice of words. I actually see variety in the > way the os can be implemented since it can be directly interacted with > more easily than windows can. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 12:58 PM > Subject: Re: NICHOLAS PETRELEY: "The Open Source" from InfoWorld.com, > Wednesday, June 27, 2001 > > > Ah, you see variety in how computer tasks are handled under linux, and > no > variety under Windows. Not sure that "variant" is the same meaning. > > On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, David Poehlman wrote: > > > in other words, we have much more flexibility with linnux in flavours > > and in the way it is set up and compiled. windows is well, windows. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 11:49 AM > > Subject: Re: NICHOLAS PETRELEY: "The Open Source" from InfoWorld.com, > > Wednesday, June 27, 2001 > > > > > > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, David Poehlman wrote: > > > > > one thing we have going for us is that linnux is variant unlike > > windows. > > > > Huh? What do you mean, "variant?" This sentence makes no sense. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Victor Tsaran" <tsar at sylaba.poznan.pl> > > > > > MSAA for Linux is what we need! > > > > Gag me with a spoon. > > > > Please don't wish the failings of M$ on us. We don't need any such > > thing. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > Learn how to make accessible software at > http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
